2016 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 11. AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
141. Department of Agriculture
141-37 Inspections; fees.

[§141-37] Inspections; fees. (a) All licensees are subject to sampling of their industrial hemp crop to verify that the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration does not exceed 0.3 per cent on a dry weight basis or a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration allowed by federal law, whichever is greater.

(b) During the inspection, the licensee or the licensee's authorized representative shall be present at the growing area. The licensee or authorized representative shall provide the board's inspector with complete and unrestricted access to all industrial hemp plants and seeds whether growing or harvested; all land, buildings, and other structures used for the cultivation and storage of industrial hemp; and all documents and records pertaining to the licensee's industrial hemp business.

(c) Sampling of industrial hemp plants shall occur in the following manner:

(1) Samples of each variety of industrial hemp may be sampled from the growing areas at the board's discretion;

(2) Quantitative laboratory determination of the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry weight basis shall be performed according to protocols approved by the chairperson;

(3) A sample test result greater than 0.3 per cent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration or a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration allowed by federal law, whichever is greater, shall be considered conclusive evidence that at least one cannabis plant or part of a plant in the growing area contains a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration over the limit allowed for industrial hemp and that the licensee of that growing area is therefore not in compliance with this part. Upon receipt of such a test result, the chairperson may summarily suspend and revoke the license of an industrial hemp licensee. The chairperson shall furnish to the licensee a portion of the violative sample if the licensee requests it within thirty days of notification; and

(4) Test results from an institution of higher education may, at the chairperson's discretion, be accepted in lieu of board sampling.

(d) Licensees shall pay a charge of $35 per hour per inspector for actual drive time, mileage, inspection, and sampling time.

(e) Licensees shall reimburse the board for all laboratory analysis costs incurred. [L 2016, c 228, pt of §2]